software-center crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/username/.cache/software-center'

Bug #975156 reported by Douglas Bates
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software-center (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Software center was launched from the chromium browser after downloading a .deb file from RStudio.org. In the downloads window I clicked on the name of the .deb file that had been downloaded.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.1.14.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 6 07:19:29 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/software-center
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/software-center /home/username/Downloads/rstudio-0.95.265-amd64.deb
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/software-center', '/home/username/Downloads/rstudio-0.95.265-amd64.deb']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: software-center crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/username/.cache/software-center'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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Douglas Bates (dmbates) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
visibility: private → public
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Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) wrote :

Hi Douglas, and thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 743003, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

Thanks again!

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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